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Senior Conservator at The Henry Ford, Clara Deck, demonstrates recording on a historic 1903 Edison Standard Phonograph.

Do you know who recorded the first-ever sound? If you answered, 'Thomas Edison', you are mistaken! It was actually a bookseller ...

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Imagine recording your voice 120 years ago. No electricity, no digital files—just a giant horn, a needle, and a wax cylinder.

This 1860 phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is the oldest known recognizable recording of the human voice.

The wax cylinder was the first real commercial sound reproducer. Physicist and collector Bob Lillquist shows us an early wax ...

The complete audible discography of Edouard Leon Scott de Martinville, the world's first recording artist, and French inventor of ...

Synopsis of development from the phonautograph to 1920. Includes examples of early cylinder recordings. For educational and ...

I used a polished paper clip for a stylus and a very thin mica diaphragm covered with a thinner clear adhesive plastic. It's not quite ...

Did you know the first sound recorder didn't play back audio? Discover the quirky phonautograph and its visual sound waves!

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On 9th March 2008, this ethereal 10 second clip of a man (or woman) singing the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune", was ...

Welcome to History Ticking — where every tick of time brings the past to life. Here, history isn't just about facts — it's a space to ...

Discover the incredible journey of the phonautograph, the first device to record sound! Uncover its history and impact on modern ...